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Darkdashing
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Posted - 2006.01.11 11:34:00 -
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Is there a detailed guide around somewhere...one that is better than the players guide on this site?
It seems that an osprey would make a great miner considering the huge bonus, but the cargo hold is only 450--I'm a beginner miner so can anyone point me to some info? I'm pretty sure i need the anchoring skill, but once I have this, can i dump the ore into a regular cargo can and just put the mined ore into that can next to my ship (osprey) while a corpmate in a industrial ship picks up the ore from my anchored can?
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.01.11 11:40:00 -
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 Originally by: Darkdashing
Is there a detailed guide around somewhere...one that is better than the players guide on this site?
It seems that an osprey would make a great miner considering the huge bonus, but the cargo hold is only 450--I'm a beginner miner so can anyone point me to some info? I'm pretty sure i need the anchoring skill, but once I have this, can i dump the ore into a regular cargo can and just put the mined ore into that can next to my ship (osprey) while a corpmate in a industrial ship picks up the ore from my anchored can?
thanks
In an Osprey, you take an industrial ship and use that to pick up your ore. You either mine and jetcan the ore, or anchor a giant secure can with your industrial to do the same.
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Armagedon Tired
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Posted - 2006.01.11 12:26:00 -
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This is how I mine:
I take both my Osprey and my Badger to the system I intend to mine. I leave the Badger in a station and head off to an asteroid belt in my Osprey. As soon as I have some Ore in my hold I jetison it and I just keep moving the ore from my hold to the Jet-Can. When the jet-can is full I get into my badger and move the ore to the refining station. Don't forget that Jet-Can's only last about an hour so make a new one before the hour is up or you will loose all your ore.
I use Jet-cans rather than secure containors because they hold much more (about 27500 m3) and they can be placed anywhere (secure containors can only be anchored 5000m meters away from the nearest object and in 0.7 sec space or below)
Equipment wise I use 3 Miner 2's and 2 co processors to get enough CPU for them. I have an Asault launcher fitted with small missisles and a drone bay full of light scout drones to deal with any NPC Rats. With this setup I can make 2-3 mill ISK in 2-3 hours in hi-sec space.
You will need mining 4 to fit the Miner 2's and will want to max your cruiser skill for the 20% yield bonus per cruiser level!
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Suhadi
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Posted - 2006.01.11 12:57:00 -
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I really can't believe this.
People who still advise new players to mine into their jetcan deserve to be shot. Ignoring the fact that it is basically exploiting game mechanics, you are just setting the poor newbies up for a fall when the first ore thief comes calling. Shame on you.
And no, ore thieves are not at all scared that they can be shot now, it just adds a whole new fun element to the job. If the worst comes to the worst, industrial ships are stupidly cheap to replace anyway. 
Darkdashing, since you have the right idea about working in a team with a corpmate, you should 100% definitely use an anchored secure container to mine into. This way you will never have to worry about thieves.
If you do decide to mine into a jetcan, sooner or later you WILL have ore stolen. Just remember that you were warned, and try not to be too bitter. 
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Tom Tarn
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:17:00 -
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I agree that Jet-Can mining is a risk.
I have actually been next to my can, and was unable to do anything to stop an indy who wandered past my can just before warping and took everything.
I could do nothing before the theft and even if I had had my Bantam equiped for fighting, would not have made much of a dent in the indy shields with a railgun.
My advice is to use secure containers or mine with mates.
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Duraeli
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:19:00 -
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If you aren't mining with someone else use sec cans.
If you are mining with a friend, friends, or corpmates you can probably safely use jetcans (provided the system isn't too crowded) because you probably have a dedicated hauler that is keeping the can volume a little lower.
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Jacyro
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:19:00 -
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There is nothing wrong with jetcan mining. For one, it is most definately not an exploit  Also, it is a great way to mine in one spot without moving between much smaller secure cans. Sure, there is always the possibility that an ore thief will happen along, but that is a rare occasion. If it happens more than once in the same system, it is time to move away, far away.
As far as jetcans go, I have never had one pop in less than two hours. I am either extremely lucky or the timer is longer than one hour.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:21:00 -
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Originally by: Suhadi
I really can't believe this.
People who still advise new players to mine into their jetcan deserve to be shot. Ignoring the fact that it is basically exploiting game mechanics, you are just setting the poor newbies up for a fall when the first ore thief comes calling. Shame on you.
And no, ore thieves are not at all scared that they can be shot now, it just adds a whole new fun element to the job. If the worst comes to the worst, industrial ships are stupidly cheap to replace anyway.
Darkdashing, since you have the right idea about working in a team with a corpmate, you should 100% definitely use an anchored secure container to mine into. This way you will never have to worry about thieves.
What are you talking about?
As long as you don't mine in a hub system, you'll never see an ore thief.
If I told people to use secure cans, all the miners would come and flame me for telling him that because sec cans are completely useless.
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Cukogra
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:22:00 -
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A) Jet can mining, just like explained above (but you are more open to ore thieves).
B) Two accounts, one for mining, one for hauling.
C) Mine with a buddy or group (much much better, not as boring, not as risky either).
D) Secure can mining like explained above.
Jet can mining is not an exploit. See, jet can mining exposes the player to ore thieves, whereas secure can mining does not. It's not so much an exploit as it is a choice that can yield higher profits but also higher losses. Reward vs. risk.
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Armagedon Tired
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:23:00 -
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1, The very first thing I said is "This is how I mine" I did not say this is the only way to mine and I did not say it has to be done like this.
2, Anyone that is mining in an Osprey (Cruiser) is not a complete noob.
Now I have got that off my chest: Yes, I agree, ore can be stolen and I am sure some people have had bad experiences there but it has never happened to me and implying that you are going to loose all your ore everytime you use a Jet-Can isn't exactly accurate. Also I spent hours mineing with my frigate as a noob puting everything into a secure can and when I had finished I collected it all with my badger refined it and was most upset to discover that I could have made more money in about 45 minutes doing level 1 missions.
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Byronor
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:53:00 -
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Originally by: Armagedon Tired
2, Anyone that is mining in an Osprey (Cruiser) is not a complete noob.
That's funny other people who mine in an Osprey call me noob for mining in a Cormorant (Destroyer). So what is the best ship to mine in - given the fact, that I'm really a noob an far from the skills necessary for a mining barge.
In an Osprey I can fit 3 Mining Laser 2, which gives me 259.2 Ore/min (mining 4). In a Cormorant I can fit 4 xecl drilling beam I which give me only 225.6 Ore/min.
BUT in a Cormorant I still can fit 3 or 4 weapons, where in an Osprey I can fit only one missile launcher... so what is better slightly faster mining or more weapons.
On the other hand the Osprey has more shield/armor/hull...
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:54:00 -
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Originally by: Suhadi
Ignoring the fact that it is basically exploiting game mechanics
You know, the Devs ignore that "fact" too, since they have already stated that this is one way to do it in the Knowledge Base entries. Go see for yourself.
People who cry "exploit" over every little thing deserve to be shot. 
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Imaldris
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Posted - 2006.01.11 13:58:00 -
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Ugh, the ore thieves will come in two's and one will jack your stuff while the other stands by ready to jack you if you try to attack one of them.
Here is how I mine.
1) find a .7 or .6 space near a station that has a market. It's not good enough to just be near a station because when you want to sell your ore, you don't want to be 5 jumps away from a station that pays a decent price.
2) Place anchored secure containers at the best spots you can in the asteroid belt. This takes patience and practice to do right, but it's not hard when you get the hang of it.
3) I have an exequror with three miners II's and three drones for protection. I can put 4 on them but need to up my engineering skill first.
4) Find out which ore is selling for the best prices. It's not just a matter of how high the price but how high the price per volume of ore you can move. Most of the time, cordite is the best bang for the buck. But sometimes the best price is too far away and you can make more money by mining something else that you can sell quicker.
5) Mine the ore into your password protected, anchored cans. Use drones for security. Then get a hauler, I use an Iteron III, to unload your cans and deliver the ore to market.
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Armagedon Tired
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Posted - 2006.01.11 14:14:00 -
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Edited by: Armagedon Tired on 11/01/2006 14:17:24
Byronor, I would use the Osprey because you get 20% bonus to yield per cruiser level (which makes a big difference right from the word go and means you double the standard yield when you eventually get to level 5) I also find that light missisles and drones are more than capable of dealing with the NPC rats on 0.5's
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Byronor
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Posted - 2006.01.11 14:25:00 -
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Edited by: Byronor on 11/01/2006 14:25:15
ok thx. Somehow I missed that the 20% are PER CRUISER LEVEL. And I also missed the Drones. So the Osprey ist definitely better...
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Antares Lee
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Posted - 2006.01.11 15:38:00 -
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I also want to upgrade my Bantam for mining and am considering the Osprey. To the people using 3 Miner II's on the Osprey: Don't you run into capacitor problems very fast with this setup? As I understand the values, the Osprey recharges 2.8 cap/sec and 3 Miner II's would use 4.5 cap/sec. This doesn't of course take into regard any skill boni, but I'd need more than 50% more cap recharge to mine continuously. Are there any modules which can boost the cap enough?
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Zandrox
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Posted - 2006.01.11 16:07:00 -
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Tip for anchoring secure containers. Finding the sweet spot to anchor in an industrial is a PITA. So dont do it. Take out a shuttle or any ship but an industrial. Set your overview to show the mining default, this will show all the roids and cans nearby. Sort the overview by distance. Find a nice cluster of roids and approch it and try to stay 5k away from thing. When you find the spot jettison some cheap item like 1 ammo. Name the can something you can recognise. Repeat for the number of secure cans you want to drop. Go back and get the industrial ship with the cans. Warp into the belt and approach the jet cans that you dropped. Take the item out of it popping the can. Jettison your secure can and anchor it. Repeat for all cans. Found it works pretty well since the temp can shows up in the overview too so you can make sure that your spots arent too close together.
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Suhadi
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Posted - 2006.01.11 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Corunna ElMan
Originally by: Suhadi
Ignoring the fact that it is basically exploiting game mechanics
You know, the Devs ignore that "fact" too, since they have already stated that this is one way to do it in the Knowledge Base entries. Go see for yourself.
Okay.
Originally by: Knowledge Base
Players later invented the "container mining" method after noticing that the containers could hold way more than any cargo hold. This use for the containers was never intended and it has the obvious flaw that any player with a reduced sense of right and wrong can come by and take everything from the container and no one can do anything about it.
Abusing an unintended 'feature' = exploit in my book, and the reason why nothing has been done about it? Ore thieves!
All new miners should read the whole knowledge base article: Why is it so easy to steal ore? It's a little out of date now due to can flagging though.
Originally by: Antares Lee
I also want to upgrade my Bantam for mining and am considering the Osprey. To the people using 3 Miner II's on the Osprey: Don't you run into capacitor problems very fast with this setup? As I understand the values, the Osprey recharges 2.8 cap/sec and 3 Miner II's would use 4.5 cap/sec. This doesn't of course take into regard any skill boni, but I'd need more than 50% more cap recharge to mine continuously. Are there any modules which can boost the cap enough?
Hmm, cap doesn't quite work like that, it recharges much faster when it is low so you will likely find that you reach a point where it's recharging equal to your laser use. If it does fully drain your cap you can fit things like cap rechargers to help the situation.
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Tony Fats
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Posted - 2006.01.11 17:05:00 -
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1) Osprey is the best mining cruiser in the game.
2) Mine into secure cans if you are mining alone. Set up 10 of them around an asteroid field, and mine into them. Then grab your hauler and empty them. You get the same amount of ore as a jettison can, or even more, depending on how many secure cans you use.
3) If you are mining with a friend, use a jet can and watch local. If someone dodgy comes in, one of you grab your hauler and come get your ore quick.
Generally it is not worth shooting at ore thieves in empire.
If you are willing to fight for your ore, you shouldn't be in high sec.
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Simon Jax
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Posted - 2006.01.11 17:24:00 -
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If I'm worried about ore theives in an area, I'll make a "safe-spot" bookmark nearby and run a scan to make sure there aren't any warpable objects nearby. Drop my jet-can there and make trips to and from to fill it up. It takes a bit more time than a jet-can where you are mining ... but it seems to be easier than trying to cram a Giant Secure into place an anchoring it ... let alone 2 containers since I can fill the Jet can up beyond what a singe GS can hold and haul it back.
Thoretically, if you have drones or a couple of weapons you can at the very least make the ore-theif remember you. Equip a Webifyer and a Warp Disruptor if you can fit it. If an Indy takes your ore, web+disrupt and hit him with whatever you got. Sure, a Rail or the light-drones may never be able to bring it down ... but neither can his weapon hurt you and you've just taken his "easy money" and turned it into a time sink!
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Buxaroo
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Posted - 2006.01.11 17:27:00 -
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I don't know how you guys keep comign up with the osprey
Here is my mining setup: Brutix, 7 Miner II's, 3 cap rechargers, 3 co-processors, 2 cargo expanders. In about 45 minutes I can fill a jetcan with Hemorphite. Thats where the 2 cargo expanders come in. Instead of staggering the lasers I just let them hit the cycles at same time and move over the ore into a jetcan every minute. Great setup if ya ask me. Now onto the ore thief thing: I have never had ore stolen from me. Maybe its because of where I usually mine or maybe because I have a lot of friendly neighbors (0.5-0.0 space no doubt!) or maybe a thief would be pretty stupid to steal from a well established corp or alliance and get their name put on the region's ****list. Or maybe it's because once they get within range of my Brutix and see how freakin UUUUGLY it is they take pity on me and give me a pass thinking "That guy needs the ISK more than we do!"
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Butter Dog
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Posted - 2006.01.11 17:32:00 -
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Edited by: Butter Dog on 11/01/2006 17:32:05
Jet can mining is fine - its all I have ever done. Highsec, lowsec, 0.0... it works.
Avoid ore thieves by mining in an empty system - there is no benefit whatsoever to mining in a system with lots of other players in.
And whoever said jetcan mining is an 'exploit' clearly does not know what they are even talking about. I'd like to see you petition it as an exploit next time you see them doing it - and see what kind of response you get.
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kember
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Posted - 2006.01.11 18:09:00 -
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If you are using jetcans, if you give your can a new name it will last for 2 hours instead of 1.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.01.11 18:26:00 -
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Originally by: kember
If you are using jetcans, if you give your can a new name it will last for 2 hours instead of 1.
I have never heard this before. Proof?
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Suhadi
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Posted - 2006.01.11 18:44:00 -
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Originally by: Butter Dog
Edited by: Butter Dog on 11/01/2006 17:32:05
And whoever said jetcan mining is an 'exploit' clearly does not know what they are even talking about. I'd like to see you petition it as an exploit next time you see them doing it - and see what kind of response you get.
I already explained my meaning, reading comprehension ftw.
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Simon Jax
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Posted - 2006.01.11 18:51:00 -
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Originally by: Suhadi
Originally by: Butter Dog
Edited by: Butter Dog on 11/01/2006 17:32:05
And whoever said jetcan mining is an 'exploit' clearly does not know what they are even talking about. I'd like to see you petition it as an exploit next time you see them doing it - and see what kind of response you get.
I already explained my meaning, reading comprehension ftw.
While an "Unintended Use" may be and exploit in YOUR book, that doesn't actually matter unless there is some indication that this is an exploit from the Developer's perspective.
Unintended <> unwanted. Further ruining your argument is the fact that CCP recently put in the changes to flag people for Ore thievery. And other than jet-cans there are precious few reasons to ever use a non-secure container. So unless hacking secure-canisters is far more prevalent than it seems to be, CCP put in the flagging stuff specifically for jet-can mining.
If they considered it an exploit ... why wouldn't they simply reduce the capacity of jet-cans to make the method nigh useless?
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mistery mango
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Posted - 2006.01.11 19:24:00 -
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i mine in a retriever wit x2 strip miners I so i get 1600 ore units per cikle and stor them in 2 secur cans (3900 m3 x2 and the cargo 2000 m3 total. 9800m3 and u fill taht up in 19 min) (i cose secur cans becus thers no riska and u dont get nervus trying to haul the ore beror it is gone)
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Darkdashing
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Posted - 2006.01.11 22:30:00 -
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Originally by: Armagedon Tired
This is how I mine:
I take both my Osprey and my Badger to the system I intend to mine. I leave the Badger in a station and head off to an asteroid belt in my Osprey. As soon as I have some Ore in my hold I jetison it and I just keep moving the ore from my hold to the Jet-Can. When the jet-can is full I get into my badger and move the ore to the refining station. Don't forget that Jet-Can's only last about an hour so make a new one before the hour is up or you will loose all your ore.
I use Jet-cans rather than secure containors because they hold much more (about 27500 m3) and they can be placed anywhere (secure containors can only be anchored 5000m meters away from the nearest object and in 0.7 sec space or below)
Equipment wise I use 3 Miner 2's and 2 co processors to get enough CPU for them. I have an Asault launcher fitted with small missisles and a drone bay full of light scout drones to deal with any NPC Rats. With this setup I can make 2-3 mill ISK in 2-3 hours in hi-sec space.
You will need mining 4 to fit the Miner 2's and will want to max your cruiser skill for the 20% yield bonus per cruiser level!
wow, I'm impressed with all the replies  , I'm sure it'll help someone else too.
So, I can use a jet can and keep it to my ship with the anchoring skill correct? Or do i need that if I intend to use only jet cans? Would a large secure container fit into an osprey anyway?
thanks!
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.01.12 03:36:00 -
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Originally by: Suhadi
Abusing an unintended 'feature' = exploit in my book
Dear Sir or Madam,
We regret to inform you that "your book" is meaningless when it comes to the actual way EVE works. We apologize for any inconvenience.
You see, there are many things that inventive players have done to find new uses for existing game features.
For instance, the Escrow system was never intended to allow players to sell their own items - so, are you saying that players who circumvent the Market by selling on Escrow are exploting?
Or will you break down and admit that your perspective is irrelevant and you don't dictate what is and isn't an exploit?
See, in my book, stupid people who manage to circumvent Darwinism and continue to survive are exploiting too - yet we continue to see ridiculous posts like yours
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Suhadi
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Posted - 2006.01.12 09:22:00 -
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Originally by: Corunna ElMan
Originally by: Suhadi
Abusing an unintended 'feature' = exploit in my book
Dear Sir or Madam,
We regret to inform you that "your book" is meaningless when it comes to the actual way EVE works. We apologize for any inconvenience.
You see, there are many things that inventive players have done to find new uses for existing game features.
For instance, the Escrow system was never intended to allow players to sell their own items - so, are you saying that players who circumvent the Market by selling on Escrow are exploting?
Or will you break down and admit that your perspective is irrelevant and you don't dictate what is and isn't an exploit?
See, in my book, stupid people who manage to circumvent Darwinism and continue to survive are exploiting too - yet we continue to see ridiculous posts like yours
Bearing in mind that I already conceded that the devs didn't consider it an exploit, I'm not really seeing your point here.
But if replying for the sake of it makes you feel important, by all means continue; handy tip for you though, if I were to write redundant and self-satisfying posts, I would try not to sound like such a smug tosser.
Or you could just find something worthwhile to say, instead of trolling. 
Originally by: Darkdashing
wow, I'm impressed with all the replies , I'm sure it'll help someone else too.
So, I can use a jet can and keep it to my ship with the anchoring skill correct? Or do i need that if I intend to use only jet cans? Would a large secure container fit into an osprey anyway?
thanks!
If you're going to mine into a jetcan, you don't need to anchor it. Secure containers tend to be quite large, and I wouldn't bother with anything but a giant secure can, so you'll need a hauler, or a friend with one.
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